Spoke and felly fastener.



No. 692,I23. Patented Jan. 28, I902. .l. S. DAVIS; SPOKE Arm FELLY FASTENEB.

(ApplicI-tion filed June 13, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. DAVIS, OF CREEK, NORTH CAROLINA.

SPOKE AND FELLY FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,123, dated January 28, 1902.

Application filed June 13, 1901. Serial No. 64,425. (No modeld To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN S. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Creek, North Carolina, have invented a new.

and useful Spoke and Felly Fastener, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of said specification and in which similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists of two fasteners which when driven .between the end of the spoke and felly clamps the spoke and felly simultaneously,secures them firmly, and makes a perfect socket for a new spoke without puncturing the felly for tenons, and makes'also a perfect repair where tenon of spoke is broken or where the fell y is split; also, forces the felly out and the spoke into the hub, and thereby tightens the Wheel. The use of these fasteners furtherprovide an efficient and inexpensive means for repairing spokes with broken tenons and securing them to the felly and tightening the wheel without the necessity of removing the tire, and one size of this fastener can be adjusted to fit perfectly three or more different sizes of spoke and felly.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation of felly and spoke attached by my improved fastener. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of Fig. 1 on the line a: as. Fig. 3 represents a side view of my improved fastener. Fig. 4 represents a front view of my improved fastener, and Fig. 5 represents a blank View.

A in the drawings represents the felly of the wheel, and B is the spoke.

In the several views, G and D are that portion of my spoke and felly fastener which clamping the spoke forms the socket in which the end of the spoke rests.

E is that part of my fastener which is attached to the felly by means of screws 6.

F and G are parts of fasteners, wedge shape, which when G and D are attached to the spoke and felly are driven into and separate the spoke and felly and lock by ratchets f g.

b is a screw-hole through which the fastener 0 may be screwed to the spoke B.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In spoke sockets, a plate uniting the felly and the spoke and having wedge-shaped projections extending between the felly and the end of the spoke all combined as set forth.

2. In spoke-sockets, a plate uniting the felly and the spoke, having wedge-shaped, corrugated projections extending between the felly and the end of the spoke, all combined as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. DAVIS.

IVitnesses: I

JOHN H. KERN, A. M. BUNN. 

